SF News Berkeley City Clerk Found Dead Inside Her Home [Updated] Deanna Despain, Berkeley's city clerk, was found dead inside her Oakland home (at on the 4100 block of Lyman Road) on Saturday morning. According to Berkeleyside, who broke the story, "The coroner’s
Arts & Entertainment Sneak Peek Inside The New Twitter Headquarters The fine folks at Twitter—specifically, the benevolent Isaac Hepworth—sent SFist images of their new 10th and Market headquarters now in progress. Among the many niceties the larger, Tenderloin-adjacent office will boast?
SF News Christina Olague Announced As New D5 Supervisor The San Francisco Planning Commission's Christina Olague was revealed as the new District 5 Supervisor. Your newly inaugurated leader Ed Lee made the big announcement at 10 a.m. today. D5's new sovereign
SF News Allegations Of Police Brutality Mar Occupy Oakland 'F**k OPD' Protest Six people were arrested during Saturday night's "Fuck OPD" march after protesters allegedly turned surly with riot officers. According to The Chronicle, "The showdown Saturday night happened at the corner of Ninth and
SF News Day Around The Bay: Sexy Bike Messengers Taste a warm Karatamba sake with a blowfish at Ame. [NBC] Crackehead of the Day highlights the Tenderloin's major drug problem. [Bluoz] Check out the Roasted Broccoli Sandwich at Split Pea Seduction. [Grub]
SF News Sold: Building Housing Castro Sober Space Staying sober in the Castro is like trying to stay sober in the Castro. It's quite trying, what with all of the bars and dealers within hinged-wrist's length. Enter the Castro Country Club,
Arts & Entertainment 'John Lennon Murder Truth' Mobile Makes Trader Joe's Parking Lot Appearance Popular among Bay Area conspiracy-theorist junkies for years, the "Truth About John Lennon" van popped up at the Stonestown Trader Joe's parking lot today. And why not? Even the unhinged who live among
SF News Carry-On Knife Results In Man's Arrest at Oakland Airport Oops. After discovering a 4-inch butterfly knife in a carry-on bag, a 38-year-old Chicago man was arrested at Oakland International Airport on Thursday. "The man, who was headed to Las Vegas on a
Arts & Entertainment 7 Reasons To Love San Francisco There are countless stories to tell in San Francisco, but sometimes a picture says so much more that mere words. Each Tuesday (or, in this case, Friday, we present to you 7 Reasons.
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink The Wild Turkeys Of Berkeley Mentioned in Morning Links, but too good not to award its own post: Berkeleyside gives us yet another reason to visit Berkeley—our goal in 2012 is to head over there at least
SF News Day Around The Bay: Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh Eats Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh is opening a restaurant and music venue in San Rafael. [Inside Scoop] D9 David Campos faces opposition from a potential police killer. Oh my. [SF Appeal] Bike Basket Pies
SF News Gov. Brown Wants to Cut $1 Billion From California Welfare On Thursday, Monsieur Moonbeam prosed slashing a jarring "$1.4 billion in welfare and child care aid for the destitute "while holding voters liable for $5 billion in education funding with a November
SF News Power Outage Hits Western Addition [Updated] A whopping 7,000 PG&E customers are without power this morning after an outage hit the area. Intersections are affected and parking control officers are controlling intersections. Please be advised. Far
SF News Telegraph Hill Burglar Escapes! Er, scratch that. The (alleged) robber perched on a Telegraph Hill cliff escaped at around 10 p.m. Wednesday night, soon after SFPD left the scene per the suspect's request. SFPD sent out
SF News Day Around The Bay: World Braille Day Celebrating World Braille Day with textured graffiti and a blind photog. [Slate] Barbara Lynch makes Anthony Bourdain look like a nun. [Grub] Excellent piece on Prop. 13 loopholes. [SF Weekly] And the 2011
Arts & Entertainment Video: Turning Condemned Urban Trees Into Bicycles Jeff Diehl of Spots Unknown created this mini-documentary gem featuring Bill Holloway and Mauro Hernandez, of Masterworks Woodworking, who rescue condemned urban trees, then turn them into exquisite wooden bicycles. Diehl writes of
SF News Experts Say 'No' To $99 Billion California High-Speed Rail Yesterday, a "renowned group of transportation and financial experts" warned lawmakers that funding the state's $99 billion high-speed train is an "immense financial risk." The biggest concern from the group was California's "plan
SF News Yahoo Announces New CEO: PayPal's Scott Thompson After a four-month search, teetering tech company Yahoo announced their new CEO today, Scott Thompson, the president of eBay's PayPal division. Thompson follows feisty and f-word friendly Carol Bartz, who was released from
SF News Day Around The Bay: Ryan, Shot at 16th Street Get ready to add eating disorders to your plethora of baggage, gays. Simon Doonan’s new book, Gay Men Don’t Get Fat, will have you purging that plate of lemon slices you
Arts & Entertainment Lower Haight Named 2011 Neighborhood Of The Year Beating out popular arrondissements like The Mission and North Beach, the Lower Haight nabbed Curbed's tight 2011 San Francisco Neighborhood of the Year battle. And we can see why: Lower Haight retains its
